This year’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago is a historic moment as Vice President Kamala Harris becomes the Democratic presidential nominee. Harris’ ascent to this position — as ...

Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist from Mississippi, is posthumously recognized for her efforts in voter registration ...

Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917 ... with an explanation that would become a familiar refrain in her Civil Rights speeches: “I didn’t go down there to register for you.

The testimony of Fannie Lou Hamer to the credentials committee in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was vivid and blunt. The Associated Press ...

Community members gathered for a screening of “Fannie Lou Hamer’s America” followed by a panel discussion as part of the MSU ...

Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917 ... with an explanation that would become a familiar refrain in her Civil Rights speeches: “I didn’t go down there to register for you.